Hanley Wood Exhibitions has announced the results of its recycling initiative at The International Surface Event (TISE), held January 27-30 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Seventy-five participating exhibitors donated over 100,000 pounds of gently used floorcovering, stone and tile product to charitable partners, coordinated by the Mountain Re-Source Center and its subsidiary Tile Partners for Humanity. In addition, the joint initiative which included support from Freeman Companies, United Services and Mandalay Bay Convention Center was successful in recycling 540,000 pounds of commodity material. Officials from Mandalay Bay Convention Center provided a comprehensive post-show report confirming that as a result of the effort, 80% of the total waste generated from the show was recycled. Recycled materials included cardboard, carpet, carpet pads, concrete, metal, aluminum, paper, plastics, wood crates and pallets.